2016年12月英语六级考试|2016年英语六级(CET-6)考试新题型预测试卷(8)

Part I Writing (30mintes) 1、Attend Your Classes Regularly ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Attend Your Classes Regularly．You should write at least l50 words according to the outline given below in chinese： 1．大学校园里迟到、早退、旷课是常见的现象 2．保证学生出勤水平对大学教育的重要性 3．作为学生应该怎样做 Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes) 2、Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 2 - 5, mark 　　Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; 　　N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; 　　NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions6 - 11, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution in Teams 　　Team members work in increasingly diverse environments: in terms of age, gender, race,language, and nationality. Beyond these differences, there are also deeper cultural differences that influence the way conflict is approached. The use of teams represents an important change in the way we work. The theory is that through the interdependency of the parts greater productivity is achieved by the whole. Experience has been less kind. One reason that teams fail to meet performance expectations is their paralysis through unresolved conflict. Teams Dynamics 　　Over time successful teams develop culturally distinct pathways to communicate, solve problem, make decisions, and resolve conflict. Most literature on teams suggests that they realize high performance levels by passing through four distinct development phases: 'forming', storming', ' norming' and 'performing'. The development of team norms does not take place in a vacuum, but is embedded in the wider social,political and economic context of the day.Another reality is that team members do not have access to the same power. Sources of power differ, as do expectations about how ands when it will be used. It is suggested that a successful team will : 　　be comfortable dealing with conflict 　　be committed to resolving disputes close to the source 　　resolve disputes based on interests before rights and power 　　learn from experience with .conflicts 　　This ties in with research on the effects of interpersonal conflict in teams. A team member's commitment to the team and the team mission decreases if conflict goes unresolved, but can increase if conflict is well-managed and resolved. If unhealthy conflict goes unresolved for too long, team members are likely to quit or to search for alternatives. Defining Culture 　　Social anthropology, as the academic field responsible for the study, of culture, has yet to settle on a definition of culture. However, for our practical purposes, culture is defined as the shared set of values, beliefs, norms, attitudes, behaviors, and social structures that define reality and guide everyday interactions. 　　This definition implies that culture is an attribute of a group, and also contemplates the fact that there may be as much variation within the group as between different groups. We often associate culture with a national group, however, culture include

3、A unanimous definition of culture has failed to emerge both in social anthropology and everyday life. Y．N．NG_________

4、Unresolved conflict can be destructive to the performance of teams. Y．N．NO____________

5、According to the Platinum rule, we should treat our team members as we would have them treat us. Y．N．NG

6、There are two basic categories of negotiation styles: positional and______

7、Conflict is regarded as a marker of __________by collectivists while accepted as unavoidable by individualists.

8、Compared with the_________ culture, the surface culture is only a small part of culture.

9、The failure of developing acceptable ____________may result in inaccurate stereotypes and foster negative feelings of hostility.

10、According to different cultures, negotiations can be conducted through direct, face-to-face communication or indirect___________

11、The__________ can be used when considering the cultures of different groups.

Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes) 12、Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements.Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. 　　Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. 　　During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're 'hot'. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as "Get up, John! you'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends When husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. 　　You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. 　　Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. When is one most probably at his peak if he finds getting up early a problem？

13、According to the passage unawareness of energy cycles of husbands and wives may lead to__________ .

14、When should one get up if he wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning

15、You are advised to rise with a___________ at leisure because it will help to keep your energy for the day's work.

16、Habit can help one adapt to his own_________ Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes) 17、Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A．, B．, C．and D．.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 16to 20 are based on the following passage. 　　The scientific establishment is playing a key role in research and development of genetic engineering biotechnology and in actively defending the industry under the banner of "sound science" and "scientific progress". Scientific advice to the government is heavily biased in favor of the industry. Lord Sainsbury, current Minister for Science, was former chairman of the Sainsbury family's supermarket chain, closely involved with the development of GE foods.Another prominent scientist, Derek Burke, advisor to the Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology and former chair of the Advisory Committee on Novel Food Products, was a key participant in the UK Government's Technology Foresight exercises, and in a follow-up group that determined the pro-biotech funding policy of the BBSRC. Derek Burke is an outspoken and staunch defender of the industry. The public are being informed uncritically by scientists like Burke and others, consciously or unconsciously serving commercial interests, and legitimate concerns about safety are caricatured as irrational fear arising out of ignorance. 　　The credibility of science and scientists has been steadily diminishing over the years as science has become more and more absorbed into the commercial sector. Science education at every level is being subverted to corporate aims: its chief purpose is to provide skilled but uncritical workers for industry. The UK Government has even run a competition for science students on how to commercially exploit scientific research.. There has been no major open debate on genetic engineering within academic institutions that has been organized by the academic staff. With very few exceptions, students are not encouraged to ask questions about the ethics or the hazards of genetic engineering on either side of the Atlantic. 　　Scientific evidence of actual and potential hazards, which has been steadily building up over the past ten years, is being ignored and dismissed. More seriously, independent scientists reporting findings damaging to the industry are gagged and victimized. Within the UK, Dr. Arpad Pusztai,senior scientist of the publicly-funded Rowlett Institute, and his collaborators were awarded a 1.6 million pound grant to carry out systematic safety testing of GE food. They found that the GE potato lines tested were toxic to young rats, and Pusztai informed the public in a brief interview which was part of a TV documentary. A few days later, he was removed from his job, denied access to h

18、We can infer, from the first paragraph that__________ A．BBSRC is not in favor of GE biotechnology B．Lord Sainsbury is a Well-known scientist himself C．most supermarkets in Britain sell GE foods D．Burke .is not aware of public ignorance about GE foods

19、The author implies that the goal of college education should be to develop the students' ability to____________ . A．find commercial applications for scientific research B．set up informed goals before doing any scientific research C．think critically and independently about how research is applied D．adapt readily to the scientific development in the commercial sector

20、The example of Arpad Pusztai is used to illustrate_________ A．public ignorance of the potential risks in GE food B．the role of TV in publicizing scientific knowledge C．the importance of scientific findings to scientific research D．the threat faced by independent science

21、It is clear that the findings of Dr. Arpad Pusztai_________ A．come in conflict with the government's GE food policies B．provide strong support for Derek Burke's argument C．justify the suppression of different voices concerning GE foods D．resolve the genetic engineering debate once for all

22、Passage Two Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. 　　If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work-force skills., American firms have a problem. Human-resource management is not traditionally seen as central to the competitive survival of the firm in the United States. Skill acquisition. .is considered an individual responsibility. Labor is simply another factor of production to be hired or rented at the lowest possible cost much as one buys raw materials or equipment.The lack of importance attached to human-resource management can be seen in the corporate hierarchy. In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command. 　　The post of head of human-resource management is usually a specialized job, often at the edge of the corporate hierarchy. The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). By way of contrast, in Japan the head of human-resource management is central, usually the second most important executive after the CEO, in the firm's hierarchy. 　　While American firms often talk about the vast amounts spent on training their work forces, in fact they invest less in the skills of their employees than do either Japanese or German firms. The money they do invest is also more highly concentrated on professional and managerial employees. And the limited investments that are made in training workers are also much more narrowly focused on the specific skills necessary to do the next job rather than on the basic background skills that make it possible to absorb new technologies. 　　As a result, problems emerge when new breakthrough technologies arrive. If American workers, for example, take much longer to learn how to operate new flexible manufacturing stations than workers in Germany ( as they do), the effective cost of those stations is lower in Germany than it is in the United Sates. More time is required before equipment is up and running at capacity, and the need for extensive retraining generates costs and creates bottlenecks that limit the speed with which new equipment can be employed. The result is a slower pace of technological change. And in the end the skills of the. bottom half of the population affect the wages of the top half. If the bottom half can't effectively staff the processes that have to be operated, the management and professional jobs that go with these processes will disappear.Which of the following applies to the management of human resources in American companies? A．They hire people at the lowest cost regardless of their skill B．They only hire skilled workers because of keen competitio C．They attach more importance to workers than to equipmen D．They see the gaining of skills as their employees' own busines

23、What is the position of the head of human-resource management in an American firm? A．He is one of the most important executives in the fir B．His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduce C．He has no say in making important decisions in the fir D．He is directly under the chief financial executiv

24、The money most American firms put in training mainly goes to__________ A．technological and managerial staff B．workers who can operate new equipment C．workers who lack basic background skills D．top executives

25、Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage? A．American firms are different from Japanese and German firms in human-resource management. B．Extensive retraining is indispensable to effective human-resource management. C．The human-resource management strategies of American firms affect their competitive capacity. D．The head of human-resource management must be in the central position in a firm's hierarchy.

26、It can be inferred from the passage that the hierarchy in American companies_______ A．passes for unreasonable B．makes American firms no less competitive than Japanese companies C．admits head of human-resource management being a top executive D．makes head of human-resource management directly responsible for CEO Part V Cloze (15 minutes) 27、Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A．, B．, C．and D．on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 　　Although interior design has existed since the beginning of architecture, its development into a specialized field is really quite 26 . Interior designers have become important partly because of the many functions that might be 27 in a single large building. The importance of interior design becomes 28 when we realize how much time we 29 surrounded by four walls. 30 we need to be indoors, we want our surroundings to be 31 attractive and comfortable as possible. We also expect 32 place to be 33 to its use. You would be 34 if the inside of your bedroom were suddenly changed to look 35 the inside of a restaurant. And you wouldn't feel 36 in a business office that has the 37 of a school. It soon becomes clear that the interior designer's most important basic 38 is the function of the particular 39 . For example, a theater with poor sight lines, poor sound-shaping qualities, and 40 few entries and exits will not work for 41 purpose, no matter how beautifully it might be decorated. 42 , for any kind of space, the designer has to make many of the same kind of 43 . He or she must 44 the shapes, lighting and decoration of everything from ceiling to floor. 45 addition, the designer must usually select furniture or design built in furniture, according to the functions that need to be served. A．latest B．present C．recent D．ancient

28、 A．consisted B．contained C．composed D．comprised

29、 A．obscure B．attractive C．C appropriate D．evident

30、 A．spend B．require C．settle D．retain

31、 A．Whatever B．Wherever C．Whenever D．Whoever

32、 A．so B．as C．thus D．such

33、 A．some B．any C．this D．each

34、 A．appropriate B．apt C．feasible D．fitting

35、 A．amused B．interested C．shocked D．frightened

36、 A．like B．for C．at D．into

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